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Let's not forget, though, that Ansel Adams was a master of darkroom work, and his images were intensively post-processed. Great discussion everyone. I'm in the market for a digital SLR, and the comments here have been invaluable.

I'm addicted to foodblogs. The following are some more eGers I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere: Feeding Dexygus Seconds The Amateur Gourmet The Hungry Tiger Eat Your Heart Out I'm Cookin' Here

I usually shake the peel as i'm building my pizza, just to make sure it hasn't begun to stick. If an area starts to glue down, a long spatula will neatly get it back up- shake, and get it into the oven as soon as possible! (I hope you have a self-cleaning oven!)

I've only ever made one beef burgundy recipe, and that is Julia's, from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It's really perfect as is, and is the one thing that I can't manage to keep leftovers long in the freezer (a very overcrowded and frightening place, in my house). I've used good burgundy, and cheap red table wine: it's been good both ways. Oh, and I would like to put my vote in for "warm beef love juice". There's just a certain ring about it...

The onion soup was wonderful. Perfect time of year.

You find yourself discussing ideas on that night's dinner, over morning coffee with your 'foodie' spouse.

I discussed the onion confit-making technique with a friend last night. When all is said and done, he wasn't really sure that the final product was a confit... perhaps more of an 'onion conserve'.

pork + basil onion confit + toasted bread + soft cheese pasta + cheese + extra crusty, browned bits of cheese banana + chocolate coffee + zinfandel ...cottage cheese and hot sauce???

Wow, I want to be stricken down with the flu in your household. :)

That is definatelay a pie to be proud of. Love the series of photos- hilarious!

I freeze any leftover wine (a rarity!) into cubes for just that reason. I haven't noticed any problems with it, though I wouldn't do a beef burgundy, for example, with frozen wine.

I am simply stunned..... it is truly magnificent!

I am sorry to report that my husband strayed from the wise teachings of eGullet, and paid the price. They got to the hotel, then walked down the road to a bar... then to another one... then to another one. After that, my husband said that they ended up at some cafe/bistro place, where they had some good wine, and appetisers. Looking at a map, I'm wondering if this was Bistro Lepic? They left there, and went to some 'Italian' place for dinner. Or perhaps it was a pizza place. Reportedly one of the worst meals he has ever had. Let this be a lesson to us all.

I made another batch of onion confit this weekend. My husband put his foot down, and told me the crockpot had to go outside this time. He couldn't stand the overwhelming, insistent smell of the onions invading every crevice of the house. It's been rather cold outside, between that, and turning it to low overnight, it took me almost four days for the confit to finish. I'd like to say it was worthwhile, but horrors.... it turned out to be a rather sweet batch. I'm sure I'll suffer through it somehow. Very nice photos, Peter.

Now that's impressive.

Thanks for all of the great advice. I'm printing this out, and noting down phone numbers and such. This is a great start. Oh, and Busboy? It's not Hog-oriented testosterone*. My man is all about fine Italian machinery. But I'm there with ya on the steak n' frites. *Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course.

My husband and a friend are heading up to D.C. this weekend for a day at the International Motorcycle Show. They'll be staying at the Holiday Inn in Georgetown. For dinner, they're going to be looking for a nice bistro with a killer wine list... perhaps even Italian. Let's face it, good pizza for that matter would never be looked down upon. I'm not familiar enough with the layout of D.C. to garner from previous threads what they would be close to. The hotel is on 2101 Wisconsin Avenue. Any lunch joints would be appreciated, too. Thanks! *Please note that I just got off the phone with my husband, and he said to mention that he would love to find some dim sum, too. Here in po-dunk SE Virginia, we've only had frozen.

I just came through my own personal 'detox' just recently, courtesy of a brief, but nasty little flu. Nothing but water and ginger ale for two days, and really, barely any of that. I've definately dropped at least 5 pounds, and the thought of any real, rich foods are simply too daunting at this point. It's all chicken broth and toast for me for the next day or so... Still, I'm not sure that I would recommend this form of detox wholeheartedly.

Worrying about the local flu epidemic hitting too close to home, I ended up having larb soup last night- an old batch of frozen laarb, and old batch of clear mushroom soup..... hey, at least I'm not sick today! After that little exercise, I followed it up with a mighty batch of chicken with matzoh. I intend to be thoroughly innoculated. JGM, good luck on making it through. Soup IS good food. Maggie, just last night I noticed a bag of lentils sitting in my cupboard. If the weather drops again (ha ha- we're stupidly still in the high 60s), I'm following your lead on the lentil soup. Great thread, and great way to make sure you stick to your resolution this time around!

I am simply in heaven reading the descriptions, and seeing the photographs! I wish it would get colder here. Oddly enough, we're having a glut of the 70's, when it should be ranging in the 40-50's. I am just not sure what to eat these days. Tonight it was sliders (thank you, Perlows). Tomorrow, we may have to grill something. In all honesty, I would just like to have a good stew, with some homemade bread.

I just saw 'Harold & Kumar go to White Castle' last night, and now have the most incredible urge for one. Or a dozen. Of course, there aren't any locally. For that then, Jason & Rachel, I owe much thanks for this thread. My husband and I shall eat like young, freewheeling stoners tonight.

I was meeting up with some friends yesterday at a sportsbar, and noticed that the special of the day was a Naco Chip-Cheeseburger.

I was reminiscing just last night about the myriad of Hostess goodies I would buy with my youthful allowance. Suzy-Q's and Sno-Balls were right at the top. My other passion was Pop-Tarts, specifically the Dutch Apple kind. They stopped making them years ago. But- oh, my- fried chicken skin, you say? (Actually, it just occured to me that my Grandmother used to let me make my very own cinnamon toast when I visited her house. This involved as much butter as the bread was able to take, and piled about 1/4-inch thick with cinnamon sugar. Heavy on the sugar. It was baked in the broiler drawer under the oven... just my size. Heavenly.)

I picked up the Cuisinart for a Thanksgiving dessert. Never having used an ice cream maker previously, it seemed to work quite nicely. The bowl was chilled overnight, and 30 minutes after combining and adding the ingredients, I had ice cream. I feel that it was a good purchase, and am already plotting my next ice cream making endeavor.

Oh, the humanity...